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A copyright owner can be one of several entities.

1) the original author
2) a purchaser of the rights
3) an heir/heiress
4) a company which contracts the material via "work-for-hire"


note: A transfer of copyright has no effect on the term of copyright protection. The counter does not "reset" with a change of ownership.

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11y ago
  • It means you're the only person who can copy, alter, distribute, or perform/display the material, or authorize others to do so, subject to various statutory limitations of your rights, including certain uses authorized by law, not to mention the fact that the copyright eventually expires.

  • Ownership rights can be licensed to others or sold (transferred).
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12y ago

Copyright is a bundle of rights ascribed to the creator of a work of sufficient originality as soon as it is fixed in a tangible medium. It includes the exclusive right to copy, alter, distribute, or perform/display the work, or authorize others to do so.

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10y ago

Copyright (©) is a statutory right to stop others copying works or data in various other ways without permission. This is usually put in place so people or companies don't copy each other's work.

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13y ago

Generally the creator of the work, unless other arrangements are made, or rights are transferred to another entity.

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